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Maybe this belongs on the youtube channels thread, but has anyone seen this channel? A lot of it is stuff already on the network/peacock, but they also have a whole bunch of stuff not there like the Survivor Series 96 Free for all match, a 2003 Nasty Boys Dark match, and even a Dragon Gate match (World 1 vs Warriors). Good to see that they're doing something with their archives.

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Saw the Tajiri match drop and kept hearing reactions of how great Triple H was, rather than how great Tajiri could be getting a ton of offense in a 20+ minute match in front of his home country.

Tajiri's got plenty of great, compact TV matches, but rarely was he able to stretch his legs with so much time like on that house show. 

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 I occasionally peek into the WWE folder to check on news and saw there was this here. The Vault page is actually pretty interesting and posts super regularly. I'm not too interested in any current the "E" does anymore so this is a cool resource. I'm maybe but probably not going to watch this:

Just interested in seeing more Paul London from around this time. Jimmy Yang too, I suppose.

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1 hour ago, Timbo Slice said:

This channel is gonna be the default home for old shows going forward. I don’t think they’ll ever just dump the library but they’ll continue trickling things out. 

OTOH, I dont see them uploading any shows with Benoit, Brock, or Vince (aside from shows where he's on commentary) anytime soon. On a more positive note, here's a compilation of various dark matches:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAxZoUMqXHc&t=304s

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On 3/21/2025 at 2:48 AM, flyonthewall2983 said:

Video says October 5, 91. Probably shown on Prime Time after he won the Rumble.

It's from a home release, WWF Wrestling World Tour, released in late 92 (so I guess the commentary was taped during Flair's second run). The match is from the same Barcelona show (in 91) where Tito Santana pinned the Undertaker:

https://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/videos/wwf/listing/coliseum.html#misc

https://thehistoryofwwe.com/wwf-results-1991/

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My only problem with the WCW Vault channel is that they're uploading Nitro/Thunder episodes, but skipping over episodes that have Benoit matches. While understandable, they could simply just delete Benoit stuff like WWE 24/7 did, instead of skipping over entire shows, including matches that  have nothing to do with him.

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Generally speaking, the WCW YouTube page has been putting up a load of '99-00 era junk lately. Oh they will put a mid 90's match or a TV episode from the NWA 80's but given the have a wealth of footage, they're posting turds anymore.  The latest looks like Hogan vs Kidman from Slamboree 2000...who's clamoring to see this match?

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You'd think it would be chock full of matches involving Austin, Taker (as Mark Callous), Cactus Jac, Terra Ryzing/Jean Paul LeVeque (obviously), etc. Kind of a " before they were stars" thing.

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Looked at the view count for the WCW channel and stumbled across this:

* Flair/Steamboat Clash match - uploaded April 2 - 31k views

* Booker T/ Eddie Uncensored '98 - uploaded April 4 - 411k views (4th highest viewed video on the entire channel)

* Vader/Cactus Jack Saturday Night April '93 - uploaded April 5 - 57k views

* Sting/Steve Austin Saturday Night April '95 - uploaded April 8 - 51K views

 

When it comes to pre-Nitro stuff, full shows are doing much better than singular matches. The full SuperBrawl '91 show and the WarGames match from WrestleWar '92 were uploaded the same day that the channel launched. The former has more than double the views of the latter, 153k to 70k.

I did laugh at seeing the the Arquette title win has less views than the episode of World Championship Wrestling (12/21/85) that was uploaded the same day.

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Another issue is that they're skipping over shows that had Chris Benoit. Now, I have no problem with them cutting out his matches, but why get rid of the whole show? Given the format of wrestling, it's not like it affects continuity if they removed his matches.

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